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Mohammad Ali Foroughi Zoka-ol-Molk ( , 1877 – 1943) was a politician and Prime Minister of Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
. He was born to a family from Isfahan
Isfahan (city)

Esfahan or Isfahan , located about 340 km south of Tehran at , is the capital of Esfahan Province and Iran's third largest city . Esfahan City had a population of 1,583,609 and the Esfahan metropolitan area had a population of 3,430,353 in the 2006 Census, the second most populous metropolitan area in Iran after Tehran....
 and studied at the élite school of Dar ol-Fonoon
Dar ol-Fonoon

Dar al-Funun , established in 1851, was the first modern institution of higher learning in Persian Empire....
 (????????? - House of Sciences) in Tehran
Tehran

Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran, and the administrative center of Tehran Province. Tehran is a sprawling city at the foot of the Alborz mountain range with an immense network of highways unparalleled in Western Asia....
. In 1907 he became director of Tehran School of Political Sciences
Tehran School of Political Sciences

The Tehran School of Political Science , was one of the first modern institutions of higher education in Iran at the turn of 20th century. Located in Tehran, Iran, most the nation's political elite graduated from the School....
 (Madraseh-ye olum-e siyasi).

In 1909 Foroughi entered politics as a member of Majlis
Majlis of Iran

The Majlis of Iran , also called The Iranian Parliament, is the national legislative body of Iran. The Majlis currently has 290 representatives, changed from the previous 270 seats since the February 18, 2000 election....
 (Parliament), representing Tehran. He subsequenty became speaker of the house and later minister in several cabinets.

Foroughi was instrumental in the bringing to power of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, List of kings of Persia, , styled His Imperial Majesty, and holding the imperial titles of Shahanshah , and Aryamehr , was the monarchy of Iran from September 16, 1941, until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on February 11, 1979....
 after Reza Shah
Reza Shah

'Reza Shah, also Reza Shah Pahlavi , , was the Shah of Iran from December 15, 1925 until he was forced to Abdication by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in September 16, 1941....
 was forced to abdicate (September 16, 1941) and exiled by the allied forces of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and the Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
 during the World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
.






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Mohammad Ali Foroughi Zoka-ol-Molk ( , 1877 – 1943) was a politician and Prime Minister of Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
. He was born to a family from Isfahan
Isfahan (city)

Esfahan or Isfahan , located about 340 km south of Tehran at , is the capital of Esfahan Province and Iran's third largest city . Esfahan City had a population of 1,583,609 and the Esfahan metropolitan area had a population of 3,430,353 in the 2006 Census, the second most populous metropolitan area in Iran after Tehran....
 and studied at the élite school of Dar ol-Fonoon
Dar ol-Fonoon

Dar al-Funun , established in 1851, was the first modern institution of higher learning in Persian Empire....
 (????????? - House of Sciences) in Tehran
Tehran

Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran, and the administrative center of Tehran Province. Tehran is a sprawling city at the foot of the Alborz mountain range with an immense network of highways unparalleled in Western Asia....
. In 1907 he became director of Tehran School of Political Sciences
Tehran School of Political Sciences

The Tehran School of Political Science , was one of the first modern institutions of higher education in Iran at the turn of 20th century. Located in Tehran, Iran, most the nation's political elite graduated from the School....
 (Madraseh-ye olum-e siyasi).

In 1909 Foroughi entered politics as a member of Majlis
Majlis of Iran

The Majlis of Iran , also called The Iranian Parliament, is the national legislative body of Iran. The Majlis currently has 290 representatives, changed from the previous 270 seats since the February 18, 2000 election....
 (Parliament), representing Tehran. He subsequenty became speaker of the house and later minister in several cabinets.

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Foroughi was instrumental in the bringing to power of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, List of kings of Persia, , styled His Imperial Majesty, and holding the imperial titles of Shahanshah , and Aryamehr , was the monarchy of Iran from September 16, 1941, until his overthrow by the Iranian Revolution on February 11, 1979....
 after Reza Shah
Reza Shah

'Reza Shah, also Reza Shah Pahlavi , , was the Shah of Iran from December 15, 1925 until he was forced to Abdication by the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in September 16, 1941....
 was forced to abdicate (September 16, 1941) and exiled by the allied forces of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and the Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
 during the World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. He then became ambassador of Iran in the United States of America. He died at the age of 66, shortly after Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ascended the throne. Foroughi is known to have been an Azali Bábí
Babi

Babi may refer to:*Babi, a municipality in Azerbaijan* Babi Dynasty, founded in 1735 by Muhammed Sher Khan Babi , Nawabs of this dynasty went on to rule over Junagadh in Gujarat, from the 18th to the 20th century....
  and a freemason.


Books

Foroughi wrote numerous books, including

"The History of Iran",
"The History of the Peoples of The East",
"The History of Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
",
"Constitutional Etiquette",
"A Concise Course in Physics
Physics

Physics is the natural science which examines basic concepts such as energy, force, and spacetime and all that derives from these, such as mass, charge, matter and its Motion ....
",
"Far-fetched Thoughts",
"The Wisdom of Socrates
Socrates

Socrates was a Classical Greece Philosophy. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known only through the classical accounts of his students....
",
"The Path of Wisdom in Europe",
"Message to The West",
"Natural Music",
"The Art of Lecturing", and
a book on the Shahnameh
Shahnameh

File:Ferdowsi tehran.jpg Shahnam?, or Shahnama , "The Great Book" , is an enormous poetic opus written by the Persian literature Ferdowsi around 1000 AD and is the national epic of Iran....
 (The Book of Kings).


External links

  • A short motion picture of Mohammad-Ali Foroughi, from the film archives of Anoshirvan Sepahbodi, Geneva
    Geneva

    Geneva is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie . Situated where the Rh?ne River exits Lake Geneva , it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva....
    , 1931: .


See also

  • Pahlavi Dynasty
    Pahlavi dynasty

    The Pahlavi dynasty ruled Iran from the crowning of Reza Shah in 1925 to the overthrow of Reza Shah Pahlavi's son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the Iranian Revolution of 1979....
  • List of Prime Ministers of Iran
    List of Prime Ministers of Iran

    This is a list of Prime Ministers of Iran :...
  • Abdolhossein Teymourtash
  • Ali Akbar Davar
    Ali Akbar Davar

    Ali-Akbar Davar was the founder of the modern judicial system of Iran.Born in 1888, he began his career in the judiciary in Iran, after having completed his studies at the ?lite school of Darolfonoon in Tehran....
  • Sayyed Hasan Taqizadeh
  • Mohammad-Hosein Foroughi
  • Mohsen Foroughi